BluffTitler helps you create nice titles for your clips. The program has three editions, Easy, Pro and Ultimate, which are installed as a single product but have different interfaces, features, and prices. During the trial period, you can easily switch to any of them without ever leaving the program. It is important to know that the Easy edition does not allow editing effects.
What I liked the most about this tool is the possibility of creating complex 3D titles. If you compare the use of this tool with general-purpose 3D-animation software, it definitely requires less effort and time to produce at least decent results. Regrettably, sophistication sometimes has a price, and this program is definitely not one of those you can start to use right away. However, if you do not aspire to create anything original, you can use any of the templates available online and change the default text.
Its interface is composed of two different windows that float over the desktop. The main window contains the menu and a preview of the video, while the tool window lets you tweak different parameters and properties until you get what you expect. As said, the tool supports working with volumetric shapes and cameras. Similarly, it is always a good idea to use layers to simplify your job. For example, a mirror layer can reflect specific planes.
Once you have finished editing, you can proceed to export the results. The program supports saving as static images, a sequence of frames or a video. Luckily, it allows exporting clips in ultra-high definition. Two output video formats are supported MP4 and AVI. Of these, AVI is the most useful because it allows preserving transparent areas, which is essential for compositing. This way you can integrate your title with a background video using an editor.
All in all, BluffTitler is unquestionably a great choice if you are willing to create your own video titles. I must alert you that mastering the tool may take some time to explore the interface and the online documentation. In this respect, it is a good idea to watch the tutorial.
v15.4 [Jul 30, 2021]
Changes since version 15.0:
- Updated translations: Chinese(Simplified), Deutsch, English, Francais, Korean, Kreyol, Magyar, Nederlands, Russian, Spanish, Suomi, Slovenian & Turkish.
- Improved quality shadow maps (Cascading Shadow Maps). Learn more.
- WASD control: move camera with keys, games style!.
- 7 new styles in the picture layer: Hemisphere, Balloon, Rounded cube, Pyramid, Diamond, Chip & Star 3D.
- 10 new effects: Shine, ProceduralTextures/ShinePlus, Text/Highlighter, Special/Dino, System/UVMap, ProceduralTextures/Gradient, ProceduralTextures/Gradient_Additive, ProceduralTextures/ControlPanel_Earth, ProceduralTextures/ControlPanel_Router & Special/Drone.
- Redesign timeline.
- Support for HDR DDS files, flat and cubemaps.
- Mouse wheel control timeline slider.
- Improved templates & thumbnails.
- When tabbing to the next property textbox, the textbox not only has the focus, but its text is also fully selected.
- New preset in FILE > Set show resolution... dialog: QHD (2560 x 1440).
- When adjusting a property with the All keys checkbox marked, only the adjusted component (X, Y or Z) is adjusted in the other keys.
- When the All layers checkbox is marked, only the visible layers are affected.
- Export as transparent WebM (requires an external video encoder).
- 3 new styles in the model layer: Vertical align top, Vertical align centre & Vertical align bottom.
- 1 new style in the particle layer: 3D circles.
- 1 new style in the plasma layer: Max displacement.
- New property in camera layer: Colour.
- Improved Bix model. UV mapping slightly changed for easier editing.
- Save active colourmap layer as picture by choosing FILE > Export as picture....
- Save active cubemap layer as 360° photo by choosing FILE > Export as picture....
- 2 new effect properties in Special/Bix: the 2nd slider of the FX Period, Mouth property opens his mouth and the 2nd slider of the FX Leg rotation spreads the leg.
- New effect property in Special/RotateTowardsCamera, Special/RotateTowardsCameraAdditive & Special/RotateTowardsCameraSubtractive: FX Roll.
- New effect property in Special/UVMapper & Special/UVMapperAdditive: FX Character index offset.
- New effect property in ProceduralTextures/Horizon: FX Noise. This fights MP4 banding.
- New effect properties in Filters/Blobs: FX Style and others.
- New effect property in Filters/ShutterBlades: FX Background transparency.
- New effect property in ProceduralTextures/ControlPanel: FX Background transparency.
- New effect property in Filters/WhiteBorder: FX Clip.
- New effect property in Special/NormalMapper: FX Space.
- New effect property in AdvancedMaterials/ColourmapFrontReflectionmapSides and AdvancedMaterials/ColourmapFrontCubemapSides: FX Mirror.
- New effect property in Filters/SoftBorder: FX Noise.
- New option in LAYER > Active layer properties... dialog: Sort elements.
- Max vertices increased from 200.000 to 300.000.
- New keyboard shortcut: + , toggles visibility active layer.
- Possibility to attach a plasma layer to a container layer.
- Support for EPS files created by Affinity Designer.
- More descriptive DirectShow errors.
- compatibility fix: no mesh explosion when using Model repeat prop in picture layer.
- bugfix: scroller keeps on scrolling in playlist without hiccups.
- bugfix: editing texts longer than 512 characters in textbox on tool window now works as expected.
- bugfix: the Picture/SpotlightCone effect now listens to the Transparency property.
- bugfix: the Scroller layer style 3D IN BACKGROUND now works as expected.
- bugfix: sampling artifacts cloth effect picture layer have been removed.
- bugfix: you can now detach a camera layer from a container layer.
- 2 old effects converted: V11/V11_Mirror8 & V11/V11_PricklyPearReflection.
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